Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2007No. 06-4014PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
George Brown appeals his conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
In March 2005, police in Sikeston, Missouri, executed a no-knock search warrant at Brown’s residence, and found just over nine grams of a substance containing cocaine base. Brown contended that he won the drugs in a craps game, and did not intend to distribute the drugs. To obtain the search warrant, Detective Chris Ra-taj 1 submitted an affidavit which included the following…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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